Problem is, a lot of these people forget the anonymity part of the equation.

These are the same teens that would take pictures and video of their friends raping a passed out and under-aged girl. So, no, it doesn't surprise me at all that they don't understand the consequence of politely asking for a day off.

/I hope they shut down the buses and made the assmunches walk to school

Lucky LaRue:So the superintendent hasn't learned the #1 rule of being dog-piled by social media: Keep your mouth shut, and just lay there, think of England and take it.

Fixed.

FTFA: I'd like to think that they wouldn't post such things if they understood the consequences of their actions or if they knew that I'm legally responsible for reporting threats to the police and to their parents.

Problem is, a lot of these people forget the anonymity part of the equation.

These are the same teens that would take pictures and video of their friends raping a passed out and under-aged girl. So, no, it doesn't surprise me at all that they don't understand the consequence of politely asking for a day off.

/I hope they shut down the buses and made the assmunches walk to school

Well, to be fair, if they are high school football/basketball star players, then it will just be covered up for them anyway, so, all's good.

Problem is, a lot of these people forget the anonymity part of the equation.

These are the same teens that would take pictures and video of their friends raping a passed out and under-aged girl. So, no, it doesn't surprise me at all that they don't understand the consequence of politely asking for a day off.

/I hope they shut down the buses and made the assmunches walk to school

Um.. they are? You mean, not just members of the same generation where this has happened, but these teens would actually do that? Wow, I had no idea that was so common.

OldManDownDRoad:Diogenes: Don't Tongue the Reaper!: A thoughtful, balanced response from an education administrator? Are these the end times?

/I have my towel.

As opposed to the response by the Parents' Coalition.

Let me shorthand it for you: "Shut up, you pussy."

Heh - I read that too. I'll bet their kids are delightful people as well.

/once again happy I live in the middle of nowhere

What's unfortunate is that it would be nice to be able to give school administrators to power to discipline these little monsters appropriately, but what more often than not then happens is that they completely overstep their authority and end up charging first graders with sexual harassment.

Is "shiatcock" a technical term? Is there some measurable threshold of douchebaggery one must cross to reach into true "shiatcock" territory, or is it a term to describe the sphere of operation of such expressions of farkwadism?

Diogenes:Don't Tongue the Reaper!: A thoughtful, balanced response from an education administrator? Are these the end times?

/I have my towel.

As opposed to the response by the Parents' Coalition.

Let me shorthand it for you: "Shut up, you pussy."

Yeah, it's the parents in this case who have a collective stick up their ass. Read the comments in TFA--a couple of them, and one in particular named "jzsartucci", seem to have an axe to grind w/the superintendent. Their response isn't so much "shut up you pussy" as "OMG, why are you bothering with this when there's child abuse going on? And why are you spending taxpayer money to be on Twitter??" The superintendent is doing a good thing here--recognizes that these kids are acting like dumbasses online and addressing what could easily become a serious issue that they'll regret later.

StrangeQ:What's unfortunate is that it would be nice to be able to give school administrators to power to discipline these little monsters appropriately, but what more often than not then happens is that they completely overstep their authority and end up charging first graders with sexual harassment.

This. It's almost like they need another authority figure in their lives, entrusted with living with and raising them, to determine and administer appropriate discipline.

Millennium:StrangeQ: What's unfortunate is that it would be nice to be able to give school administrators to power to discipline these little monsters appropriately, but what more often than not then happens is that they completely overstep their authority and end up charging first graders with sexual harassment.

This. It's almost like they need another authority figure in their lives, entrusted with living with and raising them, to determine and administer appropriate discipline.

Jebus. No wonder the kids are such shiats. Their parents are clueless morons who decide to attack every issue about the superintendent while completely missing the entire point of his letter. Godo jorb, parents. Your kids will be well-prepared to be able to confidently repeat phrases like "would you like fries with that?" better than any generation before them.

Millennium:StrangeQ: What's unfortunate is that it would be nice to be able to give school administrators to power to discipline these little monsters appropriately, but what more often than not then happens is that they completely overstep their authority and end up charging first graders with sexual harassment.

This. It's almost like they need another authority figure in their lives, entrusted with living with and raising them, to determine and administer appropriate discipline.

brigid_fitch:Diogenes: Don't Tongue the Reaper!: A thoughtful, balanced response from an education administrator? Are these the end times?

/I have my towel.

As opposed to the response by the Parents' Coalition.

Let me shorthand it for you: "Shut up, you pussy."

Yeah, it's the parents in this case who have a collective stick up their ass. Read the comments in TFA--a couple of them, and one in particular named "jzsartucci", seem to have an axe to grind w/the superintendent. Their response isn't so much "shut up you pussy" as "OMG, why are you bothering with this when there's child abuse going on? And why are you spending taxpayer money to be on Twitter??" The superintendent is doing a good thing here--recognizes that these kids are acting like dumbasses online and addressing what could easily become a serious issue that they'll regret later.

That particular person has a continual axe to grind with MCPS/Montgomery County spending as a whole. She hasn't been limited specifically to Dr Starr. You'd be pressed to read any article about the schools here without her "insight" in the comments...